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“Happiness Workshop: Find Your Pleasure, Purpose and Peace” is a deeply personal, highly interactive, 3-hour presentation and discussion led by Jim McCarthy. This internationally acclaimed workshop helps you contemplate transitions, your career, legacy, relationships, and purpose. It’s packed with anecdotes, research, exercises and actions for how to be happy — right here, right now. Jim brings his unique perspective — as a Stanford MBA, Internet pioneer, world traveler, father, and person living with a cancer diagnosis. More here: http://jimmccarthy.com/

Takeaways

Embrace that you are mortal, and therefore make vastly better choices regarding your health, career, family, and community

Realize the difference between “pleasure” and “meaning”, and how you need both to feel happiness and peace

Create an action plan for bringing more happiness into your life immediately

Develop practices to overcome stress, anger, fear, and frustration, so you can live more fully

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General Assembly is a pioneer in education and career transformation, specializing in today’s most in-demand skills. The leading source for training, staffing, and career transitions, we foster a flourishing community of professionals pursuing careers they love.